photographers

Dylan W. Schwilk

Dylan Schwilk studies fire ecology and often lugs his camera along when measuring or burning plants. This work has taken him throughout the American southwest as well as to Africa and Australia. In addition to his published work on fire ecology and the evolution of flammability, Dylan has studied biological conservation schemes in South Africa supported by a Watson Fellowship. Dylan is currently a researcher with USGS at Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks.

Çagan Hakki Sekercioglu

Çagan (pronounced Chaan) Sekercioglu completed high school in 1993 at Robert College of Istanbul, Turkey, where he took his first photography class. The same year, Çagan came to the U.S. to study biology and anthropology at Harvard University. Supported by Harvard University, Çagan had the opportunity to do research and photography in Australia, Borneo, Colorado, Papua New Guinea, Turkey, Uganda and Venezuela. After graduating in 1997, he did research on the birds of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska for the U.S.G.S. National Biological Survey. Then he spent six months doing research and photography in South America and Antarctica. For the next three months, he visited 11 countries in Africa and worked on "Vanishing Africa", a conservation book funded by the Yapi Kredi Bank of Turkey. In 1998, Çagan started his Ph.D. in ecology and evolution at Stanford University. After studying the birds of Jasper Ridge in spring 1999, Çagan headed to Costa Rica to investigate the effects of forest fragmentation on the birds of Las Cruces where he still conducts research. His other academic interests include the effects of biological extinctions on ecosystem processes and services, finding ways to increase the contribution of ecotourism to community-based conservation and improving the role of private sector in the conservation of biodiversity.